UK prevents 2 million barrels of Iranian oil from reaching Syria

TheIranianvesselthatwasseized by theBritish Royal Marines wascarrying an estimatedtwomillionbarrels of oildestinedfortheSyrianport–city of Tartous, a Syriangovernmentsourcetold Al-MasdarNews.

TheIraniansupertanker, Grace 1, reportedlytook an unorthodoxroutethatresulted in thevesselbypassingtheheavilymonitoredSuez Canal; however, theshipwasbeingcloselymonitored by theBritishauthorities, wholaterdeployedtheir Royal Marines to seize it.

Iran’s Grace 1 supertanker is currently located off the coast of Gibraltar after the British Royal Marines siezed the vessel. Source: MarineTraffic.com

Thegovernmentsourcesaidthesupertanker’soilwaseventuallydestinedfortheBaniyasRefinery in northwesternTartous; it wasbeingrepairedafter a mysteriousattack on Syria’sMediterraneanpipeplines.

Syria, who is underheavysanctionsfromthe E.U. andtheUnitedStates, wasreliant on thisIranianoilshipment, as thecountry uses thepetrolfor a number of differentpurposes, includingthingslikeprovidingelectricity to theSyrianpeople.

Since U.S. PresidentDonaldTrumptookoffice in late 2016, Iran has foundthemselvesunderthesamesanctionsthatwereimposed on theIslamicRepublicbeforetheimplementation of the 2015 Nuclear deal.

These western sanctionshaverestrictedIranfromdeliveringoil to war–tornSyria, which has lefttheSyrianpeople in a diresituation.

In addition to blockingforeignoilfromreachingSyria’sshores, the U.S andtheirCoalitionpartners are in control of most of theLevantinecountry’soilfields.

The U.S. has specificallyblockedthisoilfromreachingmillions of Syrianslivingunderthegover​​​​​​​nment, which is wheremost of thepopulationlives.

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That is worth over $ 120 million in USD and worth over 5 trillion in Iranian Rial. That is a big chunk of money Iran can not use. We know why that oil ship was hijacked. United ISIS States, United ISIS Kingdom and ISISrael want to make Iran even more weaker in resource, financially and militarily before they can start attacking Iran.https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=F000000__3&f=M

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ISIS was created by Iran, ROFL! +++ “want to make Iran even more weaker in resource, financially and militarily” >>> Ah, money is the nerve of war!

+++ “before they can start attacking Iran.” >>> Attacking Iran is not considered. Just demolishing its disgusting regime. We are not against the Iranian people, in fact, we stand by the Iranian people : 80% of Iranians despise this regime. The mullahs shall go.

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2019-07-06 06:44

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We are not against the Iranian people, in fact, we stand by the new Sah Reza Pahlavi who will give us unimpeded access to Iranian resources.But we stand by the Iranian people,blah blah blah

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BOMB THEM IRAN. ALLAH GIVE GREENLIGHT.

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WHAT? WHEN DID THE MEANING OF SANCTION, MEAN OTHER CAN SEIZE IRAN TANKER? THEN HOW ABOUT CONTROL IRAN PORT TOO, IF THAT ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

BOMB THEM IRAN, NO MORE GIVE FACE

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Sanction mean other cannot deal with Iran. Then who give UK rights to seize Iran tanker. You presume other dumb till cannot tell, who act like gangster like middle east belong to their father?

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UK=Al Capones.

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No. Al Capone hadn’t a $2.85 trillions GDP… 😉

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Will the tanker and the crude return back to Iran after all it is Iranian Oil. This is so sad, so many Syrian civilians also will get affected due to fuel shortage. Brits have become the Alsatian guard dogs and obey his master’s command. Syrians posed no threat to Brits and US and yet the Brits US & Israel continue to attack Syria. They are all attaching a lot of Bad Karma due to the illegitimate actions which will come back to haunt them sooner.

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Israel is only attacking Iran/Hezbollah arms depot. Hezbollah attacks Israel for 37 years and is funded by Iran and cocaine trafficking. They only reap what they’ve sown and Israel really restraint itself too much. Moshe Dayan was more efficient as a DM than Bibi. Maybe Bibi should take Gantz as DM : he was IDF joint chief of staff… Best DMs are either former JCoS or historians. +++ “This is so sad, so many Syrian civilians also will get affected due to fuel shortage” >>> Syria must become neutral, Assad REALLY MUST understand this. It’s the only way to guarantee… Read more »

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It is state piracy and economical terrorism from the poodle of the US: GB.

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2019-07-06 00:22

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Iran Close Hormuz!!!!

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Yup! Let’s finish off the ayatoilets regime once and for all. A pity US didn’t went further than Operation Praying Mantis when the pitiful mullahs already did it in 1988.

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2019-07-06 06:38

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Reprobates not only stealing but causing Syrians to suffer. No respect for these bought and paid for Zionist tools.

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Where is the problem? Stealing from infidels is legal in Sharia law. They just gave a taste of its own medicine to the Islamic regime of Iran : If mussies have the right to steal from kafir, so kafir has the right to steal from mussie…

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Piracy is alive and well on the shores of Grande Bretagne. Nothing has changed under admiralty law since the pirates kicked Spanish and French a*s. 🙁

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Make America respected again and Vote Tulsi Gabbard. We had Obama and his special interest, the Muslim Brotherhood and now we have Trump and his Zionist special interests. Kick parasite Zionists and their terrorists to the curb.

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Tulsi Gabbard is a military… Don’t expect she being weak. Zionists are cool, Iranian regime is terrorist.

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I doubt any Syrian civilians would have gained any benefit should the tanker had made it to Syria. It’s just another lost skirmish in Iran’s war against the world.